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RISK CAT : Reflections on Natural Hazards in Catalonia

Good practices from an intermediate government. RISK CAT : Reflections on Natural Hazards in Catalonia. Joan Manuel Vilaplana & Blanca Payàs Universitat de Barcelona. Snow avalanches. R. Copons. The last decade in Catalonia. Population. Landslides&rockfalls. R. Copons. Urbanisation.

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RISK CAT : Reflections on Natural Hazards in Catalonia

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  1. Good practices from an intermediate government RISKCAT: Reflections on Natural Hazards in Catalonia Joan Manuel Vilaplana & Blanca Payàs Universitat de Barcelona

  2. Snow avalanches. R. Copons The last decade in Catalonia Population Landslides&rockfalls. R. Copons Urbanisation Value of buildings and property Subsidences&collapses. R. Copons Natural hazards: an increasing reality Average cost: 100.000.000 €/y. Coastal phenomena. J.Guillén Average number of victims: 7/y. Floods. J. Escuer RISKCAT project: Analyses the capability to manage certain natural hazards in Catalonia. Earthquakes. MJ. Jimènez & M. García Volcanos. J. Martí Land use - Phenomena Legislation. E.Ribot

  3. What is considered in each phenomenon? 1- Definition and significance in Catalonia Historical events Estimated recurrences Estimated impact: qualitative & quantitative Estimated risk in the territory 2- Catalogue initiatives to characterise, assess and predict risk • 3- Assessment of the current state of knowledge and actions • Main actors involved • Evaluation of knowledge of risk • Evaluation of risk management • Strengths / Weaknesses 4- Recommendations ________ RISKCAT

  4. LESSONS LEARNED • Good level of scientific and technical knowledge is not always translated into management actions • Lack of documentation on past disasters (base & historical data) • Lack of indicators that enable us to verify performance • Need for substantial improvement in implementation of emergency plans at municipal level • Need for coordination in technical methodologies, mitigation actions and in land planning • The fact that the regulations are fragmented and dispersed in different areas of the law can, occasionally, result in their non compliance ________ RISKCAT

  5. CHALLENGES FOR AN INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT • Give priority to prevention strategies • Ensure a suitable coordination of the main actors (public entities) engaged in risk management: Civil Protection, Geological Service (IGC), Water Management Agency (ACA) • Ensure in the short term the implementation of official hazard maps and guidelines for land planning • Promote a special Plan of Protection in exposed areas where urbanization is consolidated • Give priority to education and communication to raise risk awareness in the population ________ RISKCAT

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